EPSG systems

EPSG:4216 Bermuda 1957

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: Bermuda - onshore. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

System record
CodeEPSG:4216
NameBermuda 1957
TypeGeographic system
Area of use Bermuda - onshore
Bounds W -64,89° · S 32,21° · E -64,61° · N 32,43°
Countries Bermuda
DatumBermuda 1957
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 Bermuda 1957 to WGS 84 (2) (EPSG:15970) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeGeodesy.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +towgs84=-292.295,248.758,429.447,4.9971,2.99,6.6906,1.0289 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:4216.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_Bermuda_1957",DATUM["D_Bermuda_1957",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — Bermuda

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.